PakForests
Anneli Persson Bäck
Podcast 049 with special guest – Anneli Persson Bäck | Co-Founder PakForests – the voice of trees and everything that inhabit our Forests | Sustainability Developer | Responsible Tourism | Advisor to the Pakistan Sweden Business Council
02:42 Sustainability Developer
03:50 PakForests
- conserve and sustain the forests –
- strategy for regional planning
- data processing
08:20 Learn from each other – collaboration.
09:21 Opinion on deforestation
12:02 Biodiversity
- challenges
- education
- working with the communities in KP (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) area.
16:49 Benefits for the communities – landslides, pine nuts & more
19:57 Eco-tourism
- in Pakistan
- sustainable tourism practioner
- putting the money in the right pocket
- local communities
Respect the local culture
How to behave in Pakistan as a tourist – harassment – travelling as a women, what you should think about travelling in a muslim country.
31:18 Women empowerment – networks with women – connected women
34:43 Tourism exploding in Pakistan,
- how to do this the right way
- framework
- regional planning
- infrastructure
38:01 Pandemic in Pakistan – disrupting bad mechanisms & implement long term sustainability.
43:18 Endnote from Anneli
ARTICLES DISCUSSED
geo.tv
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that Pakistan’s tourism industry is seeing a boost for the first time in history, adding that it has become mandatory for the country to protect its sites through eco-friendly policies.
Launch ceremony of an eco-tourism agreement signed between the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, the World Bank, and Nestle Pakistan
france24
Influencer invasion as Pakistan launches tourism push
But there are concerns influencer content does not reflect the major challenges, from infrastructure to extremism, that Pakistan is facing as it embraces modern tourism.
Tourism infrastructure is severely underdeveloped, there are opaque government restrictions on places foreigners can visit, and travellers are often harassed — whether by men bothering women in a patriarchal society; or suspicious intelligence officials detaining curious sight-seers or insisting on security escorts
dw
Pakistan should promote sustainable tourism, otherwise it could exacerbate climate change and threaten fragile ecosystems, experts warn.
“Because of COVID, we couldn’t implement the government’s tourism strategy over the past year,” Babar Javaid, communications manager at the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), told DW.
High global interest for travel to Pakistan – Conde Nast’s said: ”best holiday destination in 2020.”
BBC – Published 7 April
Human rights groups in Pakistan have accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of being a “rape apologist” after he blamed a rise in sexual assault cases on how women dress.
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